Sarawak Communist Insurgency

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The Sarawak Communist Insurgency was a protracted guerrilla conflict in Malaysian Borneo waged mainly by communist and leftist groups against the Malaysian government during the Cold War era.

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Sarawak Communist Insurgency canonical 2
Second Malayan Emergency 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
communist insurgency
guerrilla war
conflictType low-intensity conflict
context decolonisation of Southeast Asia
post–World War II anti-colonial movements
country Malaysia
endTime 1990
goal establish a communist state in Sarawak
oppose Malaysian federal rule in Sarawak
hasCasualties yes
hasCombatant Sarawak People’s Guerrilla Force
surface form: North Kalimantan People’s Army

Sarawak People’s Guerrilla Force
hasParticipant Malaysian Armed Forces
Government of Malaysia
surface form: Malaysian government

Malaysian Army
surface form: Malaysian security forces

Sarawak Communist Organisation
surface form: North Kalimantan Communist Party

Royal Malaysia Police
Sarawak Communist Organisation
communist guerrillas
leftist groups
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
locatedIn Malaysia
East Malaysia
surface form: Malaysian Borneo

Sarawak
Southeast Asia
opposedBy British Commonwealth forces
surface form: Commonwealth forces

United Kingdom
opposingForce Government of Malaysia
surface form: Malaysian government

communist insurgents
partOf Cold War
region Borneo
relatedTo Communist insurgency in Thailand
Borneo Confrontation
surface form: Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation

Malayan Emergency
surface form: Malayan Communist Insurgency
result Malaysian government victory
peace agreement
surrender of most communist guerrillas
significantEvent 1969–1970 escalation of guerrilla activities
1973 peace talks
1990 formal end of insurgency
startTime 1962
supportedBy China
surface form: People’s Republic of China
timePeriod 20th century
usedTactics ambushes
guerrilla warfare
jungle warfare
sabotage

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Malayan Emergency successorConflict Sarawak Communist Insurgency
Malayan Emergency successorConflict Sarawak Communist Insurgency
this entity surface form: Second Malayan Emergency
Malayan Communist Party conflict Sarawak Communist Insurgency
this entity surface form: Second Malayan Emergency
Sarawak People’s Guerrilla Force conflict Sarawak Communist Insurgency